{"id":125263,"date":"2015-01-11T08:05:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T16:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=125263"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:57:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:57:01","slug":"needed-ufc-ban-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/needed-ufc-ban-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Ban In Germany Lifted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana-Yes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana-Yes.jpg\" alt=\"Dana Yes\" width=\"730\" height=\"512\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-125350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana-Yes.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana-Yes-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana-Yes-570x400.jpg 570w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana-Yes-356x250.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good news for UFC fans in Germany! The ban, which has lasted nearly 5 years has officially been lifted by the Administrative Court in Munich.<\/p>\n<p>The ban was put into effect in 2010 when the Bavarian State Media Authority (BLM) deemed the UFC &#8220;illegitimate&#8221;.  Following the ban, Zuffa filed a lawsuit against BLM, and nearly 5 years later, the Administrative Court in Munich ruled in Zuffa&#8217;s favor and lifted the ban.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, BLM plans to appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2015\/1\/9\/7520525\/ufc-administrative-court-annuls-broadcast-ban-germany-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BloodyElbow<\/a> has the scoop:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This verdict is a milestone for the UFC and for the many UFC fans in Germany,&#8221; said UFC Chief Global Brand Officer Garry Cook. &#8220;The court has confirmed that it was illegitimate to ban our broadcast programs. We always had confidence in the German market and felt a responsibility to grow the sport and satisfy demand &#8211; this is why we fought against this ban. We will continue to work intensively to bring events, content and original programming to German viewers.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for UFC fans in Germany! The ban, which has lasted nearly 5 years has officially been lifted by the Administrative Court in Munich. The ban was put into effect in 2010 when the Bavarian State Media Authority (BLM) deemed the UFC &#8220;illegitimate&#8221;. Following the ban, Zuffa filed a lawsuit against BLM, and nearly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":125350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC Ban In Germany Lifted | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/needed-ufc-ban-germany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC Ban In Germany Lifted | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Good news for UFC fans in Germany! 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